Well-Being Economies: A Harder but Still Important Health Advocacy Goal; A Response to Recent Commentaries

Document Type : Correspondence

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School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

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Since my article, and the four commentaries on it, were written, the election of Trump’s second presidency has thrown the neoliberal capitalist global order into chaos. No one knows quite yet what the illiberal regime the new Trump administration is dictatorially imposing will become, apart from the USA losing its status as a democracy and joining the global and growing ranks of autocratic rulers. ...(Read more...)

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Articles in Press, Corrected Proof
Available Online from 12 July 2025
  • Received Date: 29 June 2025
  • Revised Date: 07 July 2025
  • Accepted Date: 09 July 2025
  • First Published Date: 12 July 2025